Boston Red Sox vs New York Yankees
May 20, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 20, 1976 at Yankee Stadium. The Boston Red Sox defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Boston Red Sox 8, New York Yankees 2

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Miller cf 5 0 1 0
Doyle 2b 5 1 2 0
Lynn dh 4 1 1 1
Fisk c 4 2 2 1
Yastrzemski 1b 5 2 3 4
  Johnson 1b 0 0 0 0
Rice lf 5 0 1 0
Evans rf 4 0 2 0
Petrocelli 3b 4 1 1 0
  Heise 3b 0 0 0 0
Burleson ss 3 1 1 2
Lee p 0 0 0 0
  Cleveland p 0 0 0 0
  House p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 8 14 8
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 5 0 2 1
White lf 5 0 0 0
Munson c,rf 4 1 1 0
Chambliss 1b 4 0 1 0
Piniella dh 3 0 1 0
  May ph,dh 1 0 1 0
Nettles 3b 3 0 2 0
  Randolph 2b 1 0 0 0
Velez rf 2 0 1 0
  Gamble ph 0 0 0 0
  Healy ph,c 0 0 0 0
Alomar 2b,3b 4 1 1 0
Stanley ss 3 0 0 0
  Dempsey ph 1 0 0 0
Figueroa p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez p 0 0 0 0
  Tidrow p 0 0 0 0
  Guidry p 0 0 0 0
  Pagan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 10 1
Boston 000 000 2248143
New York 000 100 1002100
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Lee   6.0 7 1 0 1 0
  Cleveland  W (2-0) 1.2 3 1 1 0 1
  House  SV (2) 1.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
10
2
1
2
1
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Figueroa  L (3-3) 7.0 7 3 3 4 2
  Martinez   0.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Tidrow   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Guidry   0.1 4 4 4 0 0
  Pagan   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
14
8
8
5
4

  E–Burleson 2 (7), Cleveland (1).  DP–Boston 1, New York 1.  PB–Fisk (1).  2B–Boston Rice (2,off Martinez), New York Rivers (6,off Lee).  3B–Boston Lynn (3,off Guidry).  HR–Boston Burleson (2,7th inning off Figueroa 1 on, 1 out); Yastrzemski 2 (7,8th inning off Martinez 1 on, 0 out,9th inning off Guidry 1 on, 0 out).  CS–Miller (2,3rd base by Figueroa/Munson); Evans (2,3rd base by Tidrow/Munson).  SB–Alomar (2,2nd base off Cleveland/Fisk).  U-HP–Terry Cooney, 1B–Jerry Neudecker, 2B–Art Frantz, 3B–Bill Deegan.  T–2:53.  A–28,418.
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